My Computer Is Completely Fucked (Please Help)

[Grum]

So anyway, out of the fucking blue one day my monitor shuts off. I try to turn it on, and my desktop seems to be frozen. White lines running through it and whatnot. So I turn off the tower by holding down the start button. Turn it back on and from here on out it’ll just plain freeze on the welcome screen.

My computer is an HP desktop and i’m using Windows Vista. It freezes on the welcome screen. I’ve tried system repair, no dice. I’ve tried restoring to a previous date. Nothin’. The computer itself is only a little over a year old. My Norton Anti-Virus subscription has been expired for a couple of weeks. But I don’t visit any sites I shouldn’t be nor do I open anything suspicious. I only really use it for games. So I can’t possibly think of what the problem might be besides maybe a hardware issue. In which case i’m going to have to dish out some money to get it repaired.

So I thought i’d try and see if anyone knew any alternative solutions. Please help if you are so inclined. I’d appreciate it, thanks.

[CTID]

I could be wrong, but the white lines running throughout your display sound kind of like a video card problem to me.

[DrFate]

Can you boot into Safe Mode?

[Nerdinium]

I’ve seen something similar to your problem on another HP , it was a videocard problem so i strongly suggest you check that first.

[sersoft]

@Grum

My computer is an HP desktop and i’m using Windows Vista.

I found your problem, OP.

[Grum]

Thanks for the quick replies guys. Yes, I can boot into safe mode. It’s about the only thing that works besides all that other stuff I mentioned. That’s why I have a hard time thinking it’s a video card issue.

[sersoft]

download win 7

microsoft owes you one

[Deadline99]

Factory image reset if all else fails… I lived through mine.

[DeleteThis]

@sersoft

I found your problem, OP.

I have Vista and it’s only crashed once… twice… thrice… four times… five times… six times… seven times… eight times… nine times… ten times… eleven times…
Here I put it on a calender

The point is VISTA IS THE BEST COMPUTER SYSTEM EVAR LOLOLOLOLOLOLALLAWEAajL:KJDkwadsd

[Fnoigy]

Hey, your computer still boots. Mine recently decided to murder itself out of the blue and won’t even post. Diagnostic methods have narrowed the issue down to the power supply, motherboard, or CPU, however which one it was is impossible to tell. That’s $1,000 that I gotta replace only a couple years into its lifetime. I certainly was hoping to go another year or two before I had to do this.

[Orpheon]

@Grum

Thanks for the quick replies guys. Yes, I can boot into safe mode. It’s about the only thing that works besides all that other stuff I mentioned. That’s why I have a hard time thinking it’s a video card issue.

When you boot into safe mode, it only boots the driver for VGA mode, a low-resolution, low-color mode that even messed-up cards can boot into. So it could still be your video card, but it may just be your video drivers. Try booting into safe mode, uninstalling your video drivers, and then use a driver cleaner like this one to completely clean out any traces of them. Then download the latest drivers for your card from the web and install them. If you can boot up and set your resolution back to normal, congrats, it was a driver problem and you’re done. If not, see if you can find another card from another computer, or maybe borrow one from a friend, to test in your computer to see if your card is borked. If that doesn’t help, post more info so we can narrow it down.

[sersoft]

@Fnoigy

Hey, your computer still boots. Mine recently decided to murder itself out of the blue and won’t even post. Diagnostic methods have narrowed the issue down to the power supply, motherboard, or CPU, however which one it was is impossible to tell. That’s $1,000 that I gotta replace only a couple years into its lifetime. I certainly was hoping to go another year or two before I had to do this.

a failed post is never fun… R.I.P your PC

[Phat]

JUST INSERT COINz

[SoaringScout]

^ Ding ding ding.

[CTID]

Way to add nothing to the thread.

[Maxey]

HAHAHA GET A MAC

Sounds like your HDD or RAM may be on their way out.

[Grum]

Well my computer really is fucked. I tried your suggestions and then some. Even the re-format did not work. Looks like i’m taking it in for repairs…

and get a Mac? Over my dead body!

[Orpheon]

@Grum

Well my computer really is fucked. I tried your suggestions and then some. Even the re-format did not work. Looks like i’m taking it in for repairs…

and get a Mac? Over my dead body!

Well sorry to hear that Grum. I’d try to help more, but without being able to look at it myself it’s kinda difficult. However, if you’ve tried reformatting and reinstalling Windows and that didn’t work, it’s definitely hardware related. It really does sound like the video card but it could be just about anything. Test everything you can before you take it somewhere so you’re sure its nothing you can fix yourself (since a lot of computer repair places really overcharge). If you have multiple sticks of RAM, try taking them out one by one to see if you have a bad stick. Flash your BIOS, test your monitor, take out any add-on cards, try disabling onboard devices in your BIOS, basically anything to try and identify a problem device. If you can’t it’s probably your motherboard or processor.

[Fnoigy]

Teach yo’ computer to wear a condom next time.

[FireTime]

do you have an on board video card or dedicated one? If you have a dedicated one remove it and boot to onboard. As Orpheon stated when in safe mode windows disables video hardware acceleration. If you have any techey friends see if they have another card laying around that you can test with.